My contribution on changing the topic:
Match.com has released a report about what characteristics people in different cities are looking for in potential mates.
"Are you chubby and looking for love?
A good destination might be Portland, Oregon, where, more than any other place in the United States, men and women state a preference for going out with someone who carries "a few extra pounds."
Miami and San Diego, on the other hand, might best be avoided. People in those cities have an unusually strong preference for the svelte.
That, at least, is according to recent data from the online dating site Match.com (
http://match.com), which can use its data base of 12 million members to come up with all sorts of random trivia on singles in different parts of the country.
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Men and women with red hair, for instance, are most in demand in Austin, Texas and least in demand in Miami, according to the Match.com data.
Men in Denver prefer women with long hair. Men in Miami and Houston are most turned off by long hair. As for women's thoughts on men with long hair, it is considered hot in Denver, not in Chicago.
San Francisco, meanwhile, has the curious distinction of being the scholarly city. When asked what level of education they considered suitable in a mate, more men and women in San Francisco than in any other city, said they were seeking a PhD.
Doctorate degrees, by the way, are least in demand in Portland, Oregon, and Detroit.
And if guys who are a little on the short side feel they are being short-changed, they might want to consider relocating to Texas, where women have responded in disproportionate numbers that they are willing to date men 5-feet-6-inches or shorter.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...life_dating_dc
